The Lucknow bench of the Allahabad High Court may have rejected Ramesh Chandra Tripathi's plea for postponing the Ayodhya verdict and to explore possibilities of an out-of-court amicable settlement, but the 73-year-old man has still not lost hope and he is air-dashing to New Delhi, renewing his appeal before the highest court of the land.
In a major relief to cell phone users and service providers, the Lucknow Bench of the Allahabad High Court has directed Noida authority to open the seal of over 100 mobile towers immediately.
An Indian Police Service officer on Friday found himself in the thick of controversy after he reached Sangam in his car despite the high court ruling that no vehicles other than those of police and ambulances be allowed to ply in the Kumbh Mela area on main bathing days.
In a setback to the Mayawati government and thousands of apartment buyers, the Allahabad high court on Friday set aside acquisition of land in three villages of Noida, Greater Noida and Noida Extension areas while ordering enhanced compensation to farmers of some other villages in Gautam Budh Nagar district.
While Hindus claimed the land to be the site of the birthplace of their most revered Lord Ram, Muslims asserted their right over the same as the site of a 16th century mosque claimed to have been built by the first Mughal emperor Babur in the ancient town of Ayodhya, about 120 km from Lucknow.
A bench comprising Justices Amar Saran and Vijay Kumar Verma issued a notice to the Principal Secretary (Home) and Director General of Police on what security measures were being taken around court complexes returnable in four weeks' time.
The court also imposed Rs 10 lakh (Rs 1 million) as cost on the Greater Noida Industrial Development Authority and directed it to hand over the land to the villagers and farmers.
The Allahabad high court on Friday stayed the Uttar Pradesh government's order to withdraw cases against persons accused of indulging in terror activities.
In a further setback to the dentist couple Rajesh and Nupur Talwar, the Allahabad high court on Friday rejected their petitions against being summoned and proceedings being initiated against them in the case of murder of their daughter Aarushi and domestic help Hemraj.
Taking serious note of the allegations about atrocities on farmers in Bhatta Parsaul village in greater Noida, the Allahabad High Court on Friday issued notice to the Uttar Pradesh government, seeking a reply within the next 30 days.
The operative portion of the judgment was pronounced by Srivastava on April 5 and stayed by a division bench in a special appeal by the Uttar Pradesh government the following day.
Justice S N Srivastava held that the Hindu law provides for alimony in such cases and Muslim women are also entitled to it under the Constitution.
In a jolt to Mayawati government, the Allahabad High Court on Wednesday rejected its special appeal and upheld a single judge order setting aside the cancellation of appointment of 18,000 police personnel recruited during the previous Samajwadi Perty's regime.
The ten-day agitation by the Jat community in Uttar Pradesh demanding their inclusion in the list of Other Backward Castes in government job quota received a setback on Friday with the Allahabad high court asking the Maywati administration to get into action.
This followed a revision petition by six BJP and VHP leaders.
The High Court's Lucknow bench hearing the Ayodhya title suits, while passing the order, also directed the CBI director to submit an interim progress report before the court on August 24 -- the next date of hearing.
The Allahabad high court on Friday declined to order a Central Bureau of Investigation inquiry into the Bhatta Parsaul land agitation case in which four persons were killed in gun battle between villagers and police.
The Kshatriya Mahasabha had sought to be made a party to the Ayodhya title case.
In a major relief to former Uttar Pradesh minister Anand Sen Yadav, the Allahabad high court on Monday set aside a district court's order, which had sentenced him to life imprisonment in a case of abduction and murder of a Dalit girl.
Bharatiya Janata Party leader Amit Shah on Wednesday moved the Allahabad high court challenging the FIRs lodged against him by the Uttar Pradesh government for alleged hate speeches made by him at election meetings in Bijnore and Shamli districts.
The Allahabad high court on Friday fixed January 28 as the next date of hearing of the three review petitions on the Ayodhya title suits judgment.The special Lucknow bench of the court comprising justices S U Khan, Sudhir Agarwal and V K Dixit passed the order while hearing the review petition filed by lawyer M Ismail Farooqui.The court also extended the status quo on the implementation of the September 30 order up to February 15.
The Lucknow bench of the Allahabad high court on Thursday fixed October 30 as the date for hearing a public interest litigation seeking criminal action against Union Law Minister Salman Khurshid and his wife Louis Khurshid for alleged financial irregularities committed by them in a private trust run by them in the name of Salman's maternal grandfather Dr Zakir Hussain., former President of India.
The Allahabad high court on Thursday directed recording of evidence on a day-to-day basis by the Rae Bareli trial court in the Babri Masjid demolition case, rejecting a plea by a Vishwa Hindu Party leader.
The petitioner Rajiv Nandi has challenged certain provisions of the Medical Termination of Pregnancy Act, 1971, which empowers a woman to get her pregnancy terminated if she is not medically fit to deliver a baby.
The Lucknow bench of the Allahabad high court will on Tuesday decide the fate of a Rs 9000-crore contract doled out by the Akhjilesh Yadav government to companies run by controversial liquor don Ponty Chaddha, for supply of 'readymade' nutritious food to poor children in government schools and to pregnant women in rural areas of the state.
The Allahabad HC ruled that no person or organisation can claim constitutional validity for 'faith healing' citing the right to freedom of religion and right to protection of life.
While referring the Noida extension land acquisition issue to a larger bench, the Allahabad High Court on Tuesday gave the Uttar Pradesh government and the agitating farmers a bonus period of 17 days to try and negotiate an out of court settlement.
The Allahabad High Court on Friday reserved its order on a pending public interest litigation, seeking Central Bureau of Investigation probe into the murder of two chief medical officers in Lucknow.
The Allahabad high court on Friday quashed a government notification abolishing the nine districts and four commissionertes created by the previous Mayawati government.
The five-member Collegium, headed by Chief Justice of India Dipak Misra, said that there was 'nothing adverse' regarding suitability of Justice Joseph.
In what was described as an unprecedented move, the Lucknow bench of the Allahabad high court on Thursday summoned Uttar Pradesh Chief Secretary Anoop Misra to make personal appearance in a public interest litigation alleging large scale grabbing of land earmarked and used as the Indian Army firing range in Lucknow.
The Lucknow bench of the Allahabad high court on Thursday ordered a CBI probe against tainted Noida official Yadav Singh, whose disproportionate assets were exposed in a raid by the Income Tax department several months ago.
Justice Singh said the commissioner prima facie exceeded his jurisdiction and violated the principles of natural justice in quashing the transfer of farmland to Bachchan in Daulatpur village in Barabanki district.
The court, which quashed the emergency powers invoked by the state for land acquisition, also asked the state to invite objections from land owners.
The Allahabad high court on Wednesday asked dentist Nupur Talwar, being tried along with her husband Rajesh in the twin murder case of their daughter Aarushi and domestic aide Hemraj, to reply to the Central Bureau of Investigation's response to her bail plea.
The Allahabad high court on Thursday ruled that Muslims cannot be treated as a religious minority in Uttar Pradesh.
The Lucknow bench of the Allahabad high court quashed a lower court order rejecting a divorced Muslim woman's prayer for maintenance.
The CBI has challenged the 2001 order of a Special CBI court dropping proceedings against the duo in the Babri Masjid demolition case on technical grounds.
Besides Mittal, seven others were awarded life sentences in the case by a lower court.
The move prompted a strong reaction from the Congress, with its state unit chief Ajay Kumar Lallu equating it with the 1919 Rowlatt Act or Black Act and saying that the party will explore legal options to challenge it.
